Waistband construction



Sept- 17, l957 E. M. SINGER 2,806,225

wAIsTBANn CONSTRUCTION Filed Marchas, 1955b lil /A/vE/vrof? EDWARD MSINGER TTOHNEYS United States Patent WAISTBAN D CNSTRUCTION Edward M.Singer, East Chicago, Ind., assigner to Silver Manufacturing Co.,Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application March 23, 1955,Serial No. 496,263

4 Claims. (Cl. 2-236) This invention relates to a garment constructionand more particularly to a waistband construction for mens and womensgarments.

In present garments provided with waistbands, the material of thegarment is, at its upper end, turned over inwardly and is stitched to astitened inside waist band construction that it located very close to,if not at, the upper end of the garment. After a garment has been wornconsiderably, there is a tendency for the material at the upper end ofthe garment to stretch and rollover, thereby revealing the upper end ofthe inside waistband. If the waistband is of a diiferent color than thegarment material, as it is in the great majority of garments, theresulting effect is very unsightly.

In present garments provided with a stiiiened waistband construction,there is provided, extending around the waist of the garment, anelongated band of stiiening material which is cross-cut relative to thelength of the band of stiening material, that is, the warp and Woof ofthe band of stiffening material lies at an angle, of preferably 45degrees, to the longitudinal edges of said band of stiiening material.This is desirable as it provides for some stretching of the waistbandconstruction.

If the cross-cut band of stiffening material were merely made wider andextended above the normal waistband construction to provide means forstiffening the portion of the garment extending above said normalwaistband construction, there would exist two problems. First of all,the extra portion of Ithe cross-cut band would have a tendency, as isthe tendency of all cross-cut stiffeners, to stretch. Such stretchingwould be undesirableand would result in the objectionable rolling overof the upper edge of the garment which has been described above. Thesecond undesirable feature would lay in the existence of a visiblestitch between the material of the garment and the upper edge of thenormal waistband construction.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a` novel garmentconstruction which obviates the above dei fined deficiencies existing inpresent waistband constructions.

Another object of this invention is to provide animproved garmentconstruction which is provided vwith a normal cross-cut stifienedwaistband constructionspaced further below the upper edge of `thegarment than isV presently provided, and providing novel means forstiifening the portion of the garment extending'above said normalwaistband construction.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a constructionYextending-upwardly of'the normal`c":ro'ss-V cut waistband constructionfor the garment which additional stiiener assembly substantially resistsstretching and which eliminates any unsightly visi-ble stitchingtherefor.

And another object of this invention is to provide a new and improvedwaistband construction for garments which is characterized by itssimplicity and inexpensiveness of construction.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent asthe following description proceeds and the Ifeatures of novelty whichcharacterize this invention will be pointed out with particularity inthe claims annexed to and forming part of this specification.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which: 1

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pair of mens pants provided with thewaistband construction of this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-section view through the waistband of thegarment shown in Figure 1;

VFigure 3 is an enlarged cross-section view showing the aligning of thevarious strips and pieces of fabric be# fore they are stitched togetherto form the waistband construction of this invention; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged elevation view taken on line 4 4 of Figure 2 andshows the arrangement of threads of the cross-cut and straight-cutstiifener material strips, by means of which Vthe improved waistbandconstructionl is obtained. An essential featurey of my invention lies inthe use,A as described hereinafter, of a band of cross-cut stiiener;material for the normal waistband construction andthe; use `of a band ofstraight-cut stiener material for the additional waistband stiffenerconstruction, said latter band of straight-cut material extendingupwardly from the upper edge of the normal waistband construction. Inthe' particular embodiment, the stitfening material is cu-t so that thelength of the additional stitfener band lies parallel to the Warp andselvage of the stiffener material.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a pair of mens pants thatare provided with the novel waistband construction of this invention.The waistband construction of this invention is not limited in its useto a particular type of garment and may also be used in other types ofgarments which employ waistband construction, such as womens skirts andslacks.

Asshown in Figure l, the mens pants include the garment cloth ormaterial 10 which is folded to define an, upper edge 12 of the garment,an elongated waistbandI generally indica-ted at 14, and a strip ofgarment material 16 which is located on the inside of the waist of thegarment between the upper edge 12 of the garment andA the,upper-,longitudinal edgerof waistband 14. Y

Referring to the details of the waistband construction. which are mostclearly shown in Figure 2, the outer side of the garment material isindicated by numeral 18. The

" waistband 14 'is formed of` an elongated strip of cross# cut'feltedcanvas 2.0 (best shown in Figure 4) whichis about f21/2" wide and'whichis covered over the inside' surface thereof by a strip ofV twilledfabric 22. The lowerj longitudinal edge of the twilled fabricisrwrappedV around the lowerllongitudinal edge of Vthe cross-cut canvasstilfen`` er 20 and is secured in position by means of a line of'.stitching 24 which secures the overlapped twilled fabric to the canvasstiifener 18 on both sides thereof.

The upper longitudinal "edge of the canvas stiiener is` bent back todefine a downwardly extending segment 26, and the upper edge of thetwilled fabric 22 is also bent over to accompany the downwardlyextending segment 2 6.

The waist terminal end 10a of the garment material 10 is positionedadjacent the downwardly extending segment 26 offstiiener material and ispositioned so that the overlapped ysegment of twilled material 22 ispositioned between said segment 26 and the waist terminus 10a of thegarment material. Positioned between the inside portion 16 of garmentmaterial and the outer side 18 of garment material `is a second stripo'f straight-cut canvas stiffener material 28 which .'is'best shown 'inFigure 4 and is approximately 1"' 'in width. The longitudinal edges ofYthe straight-cut band of ,stiffener material 2B .are ,Cut parallel to`the warp and selvage of the `sheet of material from which ,said .bandof vstiffenermaterial 28 is cut. The lowermost edge of the second,straight-.cut strip of stiffener material and the waist .terminus :10aof the ,garment material, as .well as the terminal .edges .of thetwilled .material 22 and ielted canvas stitlener segment 2 6, are allsubstantially in .alignment :with `each other, and all four layers ofmaterial are secured Vtogether `by a single .stitch 30 which `extendsthrough .the four layers of material, and 'which is;spacedabout-.onequarter (1A) :inch from the aligned terminal redges ,of -thematerials.

The arrangement above defined is such that the ,greater portion of thesecond straight-.cut Vstileuer strip 28 extends upwardly from the seam30, and f isadapted sto have the -garment `material vwrapped therearound.as shown ,in Figure 2 to define said inside band .of garment material16, which extends downwardly `between vthe upper edge 12 of the garmentand the upper .edge .o'f .the .waistband 14. By this arrangement, the.cross-cut elongated band ofstiffener material 20 stil1.operates as thenormal waisthand :construction and permits longitudinal -stretchingthereof, while the straight-cut elongated band of stiffener material 2.8operates to substantially resist longitudinal stretching thereof, andthus there ris avoided the unsightly appearance of a stretched, orrolled over, Aupper edge of a garment.

Figure '3 Aillustrates the arrangement of the various strips of materialat a 4point during the assembly ofthe garment. It will be seen that`inthe step shown 'in 'Figure 3, the terminal edges ofthe fourpieces ofmaterial including the second straight-cut stiener 28, the iirstcross-cut stiffener 20, the twilled lfabric 22, and the ,garmentmaterial 10, are in substantial alignment, and the stitch 30 is locatedapproximately 1A away from the aligned edges and is put .through all,four .thicknesses of material. Thereafter, the material may he `creasedso that ,the downwardly extending segment 26 of the .stiener material isformed and delined, and with Athe greater ,prtion of the secondstiffener strip 28 extending upwardly from the seam 30 as shown inFigure 2. When the garment is folded to the condition shown inFigure 2,noportion of ,the stitching, or seam, .30 is visible and this zprovidesfor a neater, more attractive, and desirable arrangement.

Figure 3 also shows, in dot and dash lines, the manner in which thelayers of material are folded, after they are stitched together, so asto obtain the arrangement -shown in Figure 2.

-It can be seen from the foregoing `description that there is providedby this invention a novel garment and waistband construction whichprovides a width of straight-cut stidening Ain the garment which extendsupwardly above the normal cross-cut stiened waistband lconstruction ofthe garment, thereby providing an increased retective width of stiffenedwaistband construction, and :also providing for prevention of theunsightly effect .which .odours in present garment constructions whenthe .upper edge of the garment stretches, or rolls over, .as is apt tooccur after the garment has been subjected to considerable wear.

While there has been shown and described a ,particular embodiment ofthis invention, it will ,be .obvious to those skilled in the art `thatvarious ,Changos and .modifications may be made therein without.departing from the invention and, therefore, it :is intended in theappended claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fallwithin the true spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is:

1. In a garment, which includes an elongated cross-cut stiffenedwaistband member secured to the inwardly and downwardly turned waistterminus of the garment material along a line spaced below the upperterminus of the garment, the improvement comprising an elongatedstraight-cut stiener member extending along substantially the entirelength of the cross-cut stifened waistband member and extending upwardlyfrom the stiiiened waistband member between the outer body vor" thegarment material and the inwardly and downwardly turned waist portion ofsaid garment material, so that the material of said garment overliessaid straight-cut stitener member to side said stiffener member.

2. Ina garment, which includes an elongated cross-cut stilened waistbandmember secured to the inwardly and downwardly turned waist terminus ofthe garment .material .along .a line spaced below the upper terminus .ofthe garment, the improvement comprising an elongated straight-cutstifener member extending along substantially the .entire length-of thecross-cut waistband member and `secured .to said stilened waistbandmember outwardly thereof land along said line of securement vbetween.said waistband member and the waist terminus of the garment material,.said straight-cut stiiener member extending freely .upwardly from thestilfened waistband member between the outer -body of the garmentmaterial and the inwardly and downwardly turned waist portion of saidgarment material, so that the material of said garment overlies and.hides the straight-cut stiiener member including the :upper free edgethereof.

.3. In fa garment construction, the combination comprising, a iirst.elongated cross-cut stitlener strip -that is turned Iback on litselfalong a llongitudinal line vthereon to dene :an elongated segment, allining strip `secured .to said fir-st stitener strip and extending inoverlapping relation to said -segment of the stilfened strip, garmentmaterial positioned with a terminal waist portion thereof in overlappingrelation to said overlapping portion of .said lining, a .second.elongated straight-cut st iifener strip, of smaller width than `thewidth -of said first stilener strip, overlying said garment -materialand aligned with said terminal waist Vportion of said garment material,whereby a portion -of said second stiifener strip overlaps saidroverlapping portion of said lining, a line of stitching ,along vsaidlongitudinal line of the .lirst stifener strip securing said lining :tosaid irstvstilener'strip to define a stitfened crosscut waistbandmember, and securing said terminal waist portion of the garment materialto the waistband member to dene, 4in part, the garment waist, andsecuring said second straight-cut stiener strip to the garment waist sothat, when the garment material is turned back .on itself in overlappingrelation to said waistband member, the waist portion of the garmentmaterial is inwardly and downwardly turned and is secured to lthestiifened waistband member along a line spaced below the upper terminus.of .the garment, and said second straight-cut stiffener strip `extendsfreely upwardly and outwardly of the stilened waistband member and isdisposed between the outer body of the garment material and the inwardlyand downwardly turned waist portion of said garment material,so thatsaid stilener strip is hidden by the garment material.

4. A garment comprising, in combination, an elongated .first stitlenerstrip and an elongated lining strip superposed .one upon the other andboth arranged with one of their longitudinal edges substantially inalignment; an elongated portion of garment material, an elongated secondstiffener strip superposed on a waist terminus portion of said garmentmaterial and both arranged with one of .their longitudinal edges -insubstantial alignment with each other and with said aligned longitudinaledges of said rst stiiener strip and said lining strip; said strips ofaligned material being stitched together along a line spaced from andsubstantially parallel to said aligned longitudinal edges, the portionsof said rst stiffener strip and of said lining strip, other than edgeportions thereof located between said line of stitching and saidlongitudinal edges, denng an elongated stilened waistband member whichis bent back in overlapping relation with said edge portions thereof,and in overlapping relation with edge portions of the second stitTenerstrip and of the waist terminus portion of garment material locatedbetween said line of stitching and the longitudinal edges thereof; theremaining portion of said second stifener strip extending freelyupwardly from said line of stitching and oppositely from said stitenedwaistband member and outer portion of the garment and to hide the secondstiffener strip.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS875,354 Kaplan Dec. 31, 1907 1,017,535 Graham Feb. 13, 1912 1,396,462Pugatsky et al Nov. 8, 1921 1,755,213 Freydberg et al Apr. 22, 1930

